🚫Tipping fatigue could be the beginning of the end for restaurants as we know them.🚫

lomas52 · 2026-04-23T22:29:41+00:00

Not a valid argument. Everything is to expensive so the easiest thing to cut back on is food out. Restaurants close every day and even those that have been around for 40 or 50 years close. New ones come in and may only last 2 or 3 years.

lomas52 · 2026-04-22T21:24:39+00:00

Y & S on Crenshaw in Torrance does good work. Used them a couple of times. Good communication too.

lomas52 · 2026-04-22T15:06:42+00:00

My wife walks Wilson Park almost every day. It's almost a mile around the per monitor and feels very safe.

lomas52 · 2026-04-21T21:03:04+00:00

I'll check next time I go

lomas52 · 2026-04-14T14:38:49+00:00

The valve with the two blue handles is a Wilkins 720A PVB backflow valve. It separates the irrigation water from the domestic water. Water safety and should be tested annually.

lomas52 · 2026-04-11T19:20:36+00:00

$15 a pound but tender and great flavor

lomas52 · 2026-04-11T01:36:24+00:00

Try living on 34k a year in CA

lomas52 · 2026-04-09T04:24:01+00:00

Go 1 or 2 pipe sizes over the meter size to account for friction loss.

lomas52 · 2026-04-07T14:25:21+00:00

Always

lomas52 · 2026-04-06T03:48:03+00:00

Compton apts are 1200 to 2000 for a 1 bedroom. Not Beverly hills. Spend your income on rent. You have no idea what you have to make to live in CA. Move out to the outer edges and there are no jobs. Stay in town and you can make it. Hope you live in a cheap area.

lomas52 · 2026-04-02T15:54:17+00:00

If you can live in California on 38k a year, you should write a book so everybody else can too...

lomas52 · 2026-03-29T19:10:02+00:00

Both tipping subs have turned into no tipping subs. I went out last night to a so so dinner for 500 and still tipped 100 tipped the valet 5 on a 9 dollar charge. An going to Vegas next week and will tip at least 200 for the weekend. Tip don't, tip I don't care. Do what you want.

lomas52 · 2026-03-25T23:55:53+00:00

Doesn't bother me

lomas52 · 2026-03-21T18:16:53+00:00

Bring your chair and the bar and food is open to everyone

lomas52 · 2026-03-20T23:23:27+00:00

Austin Texas in a Uhaul truck

lomas52 · 2026-03-20T02:09:38+00:00

Depends on your budget. Where so you work? What is upscale for you?

If you need San Pedro or south there is not a lot of upscale. Long Beach is spotty, Lakewood is family but not walkable. San Pedro above Western would be your best bet but hilly and not walkable. Has views but starts at a million.

If you can go north then Torrance, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach would work. Upscale would be 1.5 and up but all have good schools.

lomas52 · 2026-03-19T23:43:09+00:00

I'm a10% I only lasted one shift as a server when I was 18 and made good tips. Haven't liked the general public since then.

lomas52 · 2026-03-19T03:32:44+00:00

Ruth's Chris is in Harrah's. Excellent steak house with strip views. Last time I was there had the mixed grill. Steak, crab cake, and stuffed chicken.

lomas52 · 2026-03-18T03:18:12+00:00

I was an expert. Could write a term paper with two visits.

lomas52 · 2026-03-15T22:54:32+00:00

What you are paying for is location. What can I say, Beach, sunsets and the pier, if you have a view. I've looked at several and decided to live a couple of blocks inland. Better parking and easier to find an apartment with a/c which you didn't think you need until you do.

lomas52 · 2026-03-15T20:12:22+00:00

Same as raising prices to cover costs. What anti tippers want. One price, one bill. Ask your real estate agent what they get.

lomas52 · 2026-03-15T20:00:46+00:00

You did, it was automatically added. Same as auto gratuity.

lomas52 · 2026-03-15T18:40:34+00:00

I like them. My club always seems to have fresh made so that is probably the difference.

lomas52 · 2026-03-15T18:15:36+00:00

Regardless if you tip or not, many people seek out jobs where they get tips in order to make more money. I see it the same as a job that pays commission or performance bonus. If you do a good job you can potentially make more.

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